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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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FUSH, n., v. Variant Sc. form of Fish, sometimes associated with Highland speakers. See P.L.D. §§ 58.1, 90, 95.2.(1). Hence fusher, fushin, etc.Abd. 1735 An Abd. Estate (S.C.) 21:
To fyfty Seven Fush . . . 5s. 0d.ne.Sc. 1881 W. Gregor Folk-Lore 201:
We wiz in a “chiffer-oot's”'oose; we cudna hae a fushin.Kcb. 1912 G. M. Gordon Clay Biggin' 19:
A grand sportsman he was tae . . . as a fusher he had nae equal.Sc. 1930 Scots Mag. (Sept.) 421:
We hadna had nae luck at a' when suddenly a big fush jumpit up a hunner yards awa'.